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1. Lakshmi S., Nair A. S., and Pillai M. R. (1993) Oral cancer and human papillomavirus: is there a link? J. Surg. Oncol. 52, 193-196
2. Lakshmi S., Nair A. S., Jayasree K., Jayaprakash P. G., Rajalekshmy T. N., Kannan S., Pillai M. R. (1993) Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) in inflammatory, premalignant and malignant lesions of the uterine cervix. Cancer Lett 71: 197-201
3. Nair A. S., Kannan S., Lakshmi S., Nair M. K., and Pillai. M. R. (1994) The basement membrane and its role in cancer. J. Exptl. Clin. Cancer. Res. 13: 195-201
4. Nair A. S., Lakshmi S., Kannan S., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1995) Cytokeratins and tumor progression in the uterine cervix. J. Exp. Clin. Cancer. Res. 14: 131-138
5. Lakshmi S., Pillai M. R., Nair A. S., Jayaprakash P. J., and Nair M. K. (1995) Cancer of the uterine cervix: integration of molecular evaluation into management strategy and the concept of biological staging. Curr. Sci. 68: 45-52
6. Nair A. S., Lakshmi S., Kannan S., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1995) Cytokeratins and tumor progression in the uterine cervix. J. Exp. Clin. Cancer. Res. 14: 131-138
7. Lakshmi S., Pillai M. R., Rajalekshmy T. N., Gopalakrishnan K., Nandini V. R., Nair A. S., and Nair M.K. (1995) Human papillomavirus infection and cervical pre-cancer implications for management and control. J.Exp. Clin. Cancer. Res. 68: 45-52
8. Nair A. S., Nair M. B., Jayaprakash P. J., Rajalekshmy T. N., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1997) Involucrin and tumor progression in the uterine cervix. Pathobiol. 64: 333-338
9. Nair A. S., Nair M. B., Jayaprakash P. J., Rajalekshmy T. N., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1997) Increased expression of cytokeratins 14, 18 and 19 correlates with tumor progression in the uterine cervix. Pathobiol 65: 100-107
10. Nair A. S., Nair M. B., Jayaprakash P. J., Rajalekshmy T. N., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1997) The basement membrane and tumor progression in the uterine cervix. Gen. Diag. Pathol 142: 297-303
11. Nair A. S., Nair M. B., Jayaprakash P. J., Rajalekshmy T. N., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1997) Cytokeratin and the evaluation of tumor differentiation in squamous lesions of the uterine cervix Gen. Diag. Pathol 143:15-22
12. Nair A. S., Nair M. B., Jayaprakash P. J., Rajalekshmy T. N., Nair M. K., and Pillai M. R. (1998) ras and c-myc oncoproteins during tumor progression in the uterine cervix Tumori 84: 583-588
13. Karunagaran D, Nair A.S (2001) Relevance of Rel signaling in cancer Amala Research Bulletin 21: 1-3`
14. Nair A S., Venkatraman M., Malieckal TT., Nair M., and Karunagaran D. (2003) NF-?B Is Constitutively Activated In High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Human Uterine Cervix. Oncogene 22: 50-58
15. Nair A S., Karunagaran D., Nair M. B., and Sudhakara P. R. (2003) Changes in matrix metalloproteinase and their endogenous inhibitors during tumor progression in the uterine cervix. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 129: 123-131
16. Malieckal TT., Antony ML., Asha Nair., Paulmurugan R., and Karunagaran D. (2003) Loss of expression, and mutations of smad 2 and smad 4 in human cervical cancer. Oncogene 22: 4889-4892
17. Smitha VB., Vinesh Kumar TP., Ayswaria Deepti., Asha Nair., Devarajan Karunagaran., and Ruby John Anto (2005) Sensitization of taxol-induced apoptosis by curcumin involves down- regulation of Nuclear Factor-?B and the serine/threonine kinase Akt and is independent of tubulin polymerization. Journal Biol Chem 280(8):6301-8
18. Venkatraman M, Anto R J, Asha Nair., Merina Varghese and Devarajan Karunagaran (2005) Biological and chemical inhibitors of NF-?B sensitize SiHa cells to cisplatin-induced apoptosis. Mol. Carcinogenesis 44(1):51-59.
19. Bharat B. Aggarwal, Gautam Sethi, Asha Nair and Haruyo Ichikawa (2006) Nuclear Factor (NF)-?B: A Holy Grail in Cancer Prevention and Therapy. Current Signal Transduction Therapy 1: 25-52
20. Nair AS, Shishodia S , Ahn SK, Sethi G, Kunnumakkara A B,. Aggarwal B B (2006) Deguelin, an Akt Inhibitor, Suppresses I{kappa}B{alpha} Kinase Activation Leading to Suppression of NF-{kappa}B-Regulated Gene Expression, Potentiation of Apoptosis, and Inhibition of Cellular Invasion. Journal of Immunology 15; 177(8):5612-22
21. Bhardwaj A, Sethi G, Vadhan-Raj S, Bueso-Ramos C, Takada Y, Gaur U, Nair AS, Shishodia S, Aggarwal BB (2006) Resveratrol inhibits proliferation, induces apoptosis and overcomes chemoresistance through downregulation of STAT3 and nuclear factor-{kappa}B-regulated antiapoptotic and cell survival gene products in human multiple myeloma cells. Blood 109(6):2293-302.
22. Kunnumakkara A B, Nair AS, Ahn K S, Pande M K, Aggarwal B B (2007) Gossypin, a pentahydroxy glucosyl flavone, inhibits the transforming growth factor beta-activated kinase-1 mediated NF-?B activation pathway, leading to potentiation of apoptosis, suppression of invasion, and abrogation of osteoclastogenesis. Blood 109(12):5112-5121.
23. Bhutani M,. Pathak A K., Nair AS, Kunnumakkara A B, Guha S, Sethi, G and. Aggarwal B B (2007) Capsaicin Is a Novel Blocker of Constitutive and Interleukin-6 Inducible STAT3 Activation. Clin Cancer Res 13(10):3024-32.
24. Lin Y G, Kunnumakkara A B, Nair AS, Merritt W M, Han L Y, Armaiz-Pena G N, Kamat A A, Spannuth W A, Gershenson D M,. Lutgendorf S K, Aggarwal B B, Sood A K (2007). Curcumin inhibits tumor growth and angiogenesis in ovarian carcinoma by targeting the NF-?B pathway. Clin Cancer Res 13(11):3423-30.
25. Pathak A K, Bhutani M,. Nair A S, Ahn K S, Chakraborty A, Kadara H, Guha S, Sethi G, and. Aggarwal B B (2007) Ursolic Acid Inhibits Proliferation, Induces Apoptosis and Chemosensitizes Human Multiple Myeloma Cells By Inhibiting Constitutive and IL-6 Inducible STAT3 Activation Pathway. Mol Cancer Res; 5(9):1–13
26. Krishnan A, Nair AS* Pillai MR (2007). Biology of PPAR? in Cancer. A Critical Review on Existing Lacunae. Current Molecular Medicine 7 (6): 532-40.
27. Krishnan A , Hariharan, R, Nair AS* Pillai MR (2008).Fluoxetine mediates G0/G1 arrest by inducing functional inhibition of cyclin dependent kinase subunit 1(cks1). Biochemical Pharmacology 75(10): 1924–1934.
28. Kunnumakkara A B, Nair AS, Sung B,. Pandey MK, and. Aggarwal BB (2009). Boswellic Acid Blocks Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription 3 Signaling, Proliferation, and Survival of Multiple Myeloma via the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-1. Mol Cancer Res 7 (1):118-28.
29. Krishnan A, Nair AS* Pillai MR (2010) Loss of cks1 homeostasis deregulates cell division cycle. J of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 14(1-2), 154-164.
30. Ramshid PK, Jagadeeshan S, Krishnan A, Mathew M, Nair SA*, Pillai MR (2010) Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of some isatin-thiazolidinone hybrid analogues as anti-proliferative agents. Medicinal Chemistry. 6(5):306-12.
31. Krishnan V, Krishnan A, Remya R, Ravikumar KK, Asha Nair S, Shibli SM, Varma HK, Sukumaran K, Jyothindra Kumar K (2011) V Development and Evaluation of Two PVD Coated Beta Titanium Orthodontic Archwires for Fluoride Induced Corrosion Protection. Acta Biomaterial 7(4): 1913-27.